The European Evangelical Alliance has elected Andreas Wenzel of Germany as its new president, succeeding Frank Hinkelmann, who concluded 12 years in the role. The leadership transition was announced during the Alliance’s hybrid 2025 Members Meeting in Bar, Montenegro, which gathered the EEA Board and staff on site and evangelical leaders from across Europe virtually.
As demand for formal theological education drops in the West and non-formal theological education demand rises elsewhere, we ask the question, "why study?" This article reaffirms study as part of loving God with all our minds and essential for our ability to apply God's word to our world for the glory of God in Europe and every other context worldwide.
The internet calls January 9 Quitter’s Day—the day most people officially abandon their New Year’s resolutions. It checks out too. Because, for Peter Lynas, by then the gym bag is back in the cupboard, the prayer journal has exactly three heartfelt entries, and his phone reveals that he Googled “Is quitting bad if you had good intentions?”
We live in an era of unprecedented human migration, but other species, especially birds and butterflies, migrate vast distances regularly without hindrance. Whether welcoming humans or non-humans into our contexts, the bible maintains that we are called to create a welcoming home for all.
Jesus Christ, the Light of the world, has already come and the darkness has not overcome him. Likewise, we can bring the light into the darkness of our worlds by the smallest of loving merciful actions if we have Christ in us, the hope of glory. Let us recommit to sharing this light into the new year.
The question of who qualifies as an evangelical and how many evangelicals exist worldwide continues to puzzle scholars, church leaders and mission researchers alike. That was the central theme of a Sept. 2 webinar hosted by the World Evangelical Alliance and released publicly Sept. 5, featuring two leading voices in global religious demography.
Dr. Marvin Oxenham believes the future of theological education must not only rest on academic excellence or professional competence but also on something more personal and transformative: the character of those preparing to serve in ministry.
European evangelicals must hold fast to hope in Christ and pursue unity across borders if they are to strengthen their witness, said Connie Duarte, co-general secretary of the European Evangelical Alliance. She described hope and unity as inseparable, reminding believers that “without hope, we are most to be pitied,” and that the church grows stronger when it works together in Christ.
Lord David Alton, a veteran Christian human rights campaigner, has urged European governments to act after a United Nations committee raised concerns about reports of forced abortions and sterilisation of women with disabilities in some European Union member states.
Christians in Türkiye suffered an upsurge in hate crimes in 2024 compared with the previous year, according to a human rights report.
Fertility rates are falling across every world region, with most now below the level needed to maintain population size, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of United Nations and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development data published earlier this month.
In this church planting testimony, what began as a three-person gathering has developed into a stable and flexible model: open homes for consistent meetings, and a focus on nurturing discipleship. Faith has become part of daily life, not confined to a church building. There is much to learn from this example of faithful service in the north west of China.
